Thermal changes in hot-pressed TiSe
1.6 and TiSe
1.5 are investigated in an argon atmosphere up to 1500°C. X-ray powder diffraction analysis of synthesized TiSe
1.6 showed mixed diffraction patterns of hexagonal type TiSe
1.6 and monoclinic type Ti
5Se
8. Ti
5Se
8 disappeared after hot-pressing at 500°-600°C. Above this temperature range, only hexagonal phase was found. TiSe
1.6 releases some Se atoms and Se/Ti ratio decreases by hot-pressing above 1300°C. Hot-pressing at 1500°C gives an Se/Ti ratio approximately equal to 1.5. As reported in our previous paper, synthesized TiSe
1.5 is hexagonal. The X-ray diffraction pattern of TiSe
1.5 is similar to that of hexagonal type TiSe
1.6 except some small diffraction peaks which might be of superstructures. The lattice parameters of TiSe
1.5 are slightly different from those of hexagonal TiSe
1.6. TiSe
1.5 is stable up to 1500°C. Progressive densification and grain growth in TiSe
1.6 start at relatively low temperatures. In TiSe
1.5, densification and grain growth proceed at rather higher temperature range. These differences in sintering behavior between TiSe
1.6 and TiS
1.5 is ascribed to the difference in the stability of crystal phase and to the Ti concentration in partially Ti occupied layers of these phases. Sintered bodies with the highest compressive-strength and high density are obtained by hot-pressing TiSe
1.5 at 1400°C.
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